Popular Post RFCDrum Posted April 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2013 Big Komatsu at the Nanuet Mall in NY before they started the demo. Cheers, Rob 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 What a monster. Cool! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 You can't really appreciate the size unless you are standing next to it. I tried to get my son to sit on the tracks but he was in a mood. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 They had that machine down in New Haven when they tore down the coliseum. I have pictures somewhere but they blew the hydraulic pump and it took a couple days to drain all the lines out. 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 It was cool to see. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 My monster. LOL Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178038 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 Here it is 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted April 14, 2013 Author Share Posted April 14, 2013 Wow that was fast. lol Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stacksuperdog Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 This is working in the center of town 1 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
REEL ADDICTION Posted April 14, 2013 Share Posted April 14, 2013 The tracks look narrow Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178051 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 2 stack, those 345B's are great machines, I like the older 350's but the 345 will do the same work and is a little lighter and faster. I still think the best all around track hoe is a 330 CAT with a 13'6" stick and a 60" bucket you can dig fast and load trucks quick too. We had a 60"wX60" tall mass exc. bucket we used on 330C's and you could load a triaxle in 4-5 buckets pretty easy if you did your part, the long stick and the 330B didnt get along with the big bucket but the C model handled it fine. I think it was either 60 or 72" buckets on all the 345's, I prefer a 72" for loading but for digging a 60" gets you more breakout force. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2stacksuperdog Posted April 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2013 Heres an old 235 that was in perfect shape 4 Quote Matt Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 that 235 look slike a Cat reman that or they got the reman stipe kit and repainted it. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Here's mine-loading a tri-axle 2 Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rsb502 Posted April 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2013 Ha, down in TN thats what we call a Mexican Drag Line! 5 Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 235 is one of the best excavators ever built. More power then a 345 and had the ass to back it up. We had 1 with I think it was a 3 yard bucket. Might of been a 2. It was to big for the machine and when you extended out with a full bucket we'd bend the bucket cylinder. In south Fl we could hit cap rock and punch a hole thru it. You look at it and can tell it is a big machine. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-178067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 How about some wheeled excavators. Cheers 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180895 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TozziWelding Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 So much fun I want to forget it, guy bought this Deere 450 sight unseen. It came out of Florida and was obviously a flood victim or had been working underwater. It was overweight on the trip up so the pulled the counterweight, bucket, and crowd cylinder. Almost all the bolts from the track frame to the carbody were broken and it needed a wring harness. Banghead, Banghead and the guy thought he got a deal. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 What did you have to do weld it up. All rusted from seawater. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TozziWelding Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Just to get it off the low bed it needed 2 new batteries, all 3 solenoids, and some wiring. Then I had to re install the crowd cylinder, bucket and counter weight. After I got the POS back together all the other gremlins reared there ugly heads. An effing nightmare to say the least. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I've heard of alot of things on excavators but what is a crowd cylinder. Had they of used a bigger truck you can move a 450 on 8 axles.hell in Fl if your light enough and have the big blanket permit you can move them on a 147k 7 axle permit. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TozziWelding Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 My bad, bucket cylinder, the crowd cylinder goes from the boom to the stick. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Interesting just never heard of it. Where did it come from? I mean what company. Some have been notorious for putting them in the drink. Alot of companies will not rent anything to these companies because they never get more then a few weeks out of a new machine Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TozziWelding Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I don't know where the guy found it or who hauled it, when it came in it was on junk low bed with a pony motor for the hydraulics that I had to get running to get it off the trailer, the truck was an old cab Western Star that look like it came from Cuba. Shady deal all around, I washed my hands of this customer shortly after this. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180928 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 we have an old 1979 225 at work. pretty good machine for an old girl. has a bad hydraulic leak somewhere tho, cab floor is all oil haha. we had a newer 312 to that was a pretty nice machine to run to. someone wanted it worse tho and gave 36 grand for it. we buy, sell and rent equipment at work. always something to fix Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30819-excavators/#findComment-180929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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